2020 Film Junk Junkers’ Choice Awards: Voting is Now Open!

Posted by on December 18th, 2020   Filed under: Awards, Site News

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The end of 2020 is almost upon us and I think we can all agree it was a challenging year on many levels. Although it is usually a fun exercise to look back at the past 12 months, in this case, that was not necessarily true. Putting together the annual Junkers’ Choice Awards felt more like a reminder of what we missed out on than a celebration of what we actually got. That being said, it was a pretty solid year for genre films and documentaries and you might be surprised how many good movies still made it through. As always, you have until January 1st to cast your votes and this year you can watch pretty much everything at home right now if you want to catch up on some things first. Our own Best of 2020 show will be coming sometime in the new year. Now go ahead and click the link to check out our nominees for the 2020 Junkers Choice Awards!



  • adam

    Anyone else looking forward to hearing Frank bad mouth us “mouth breathers” if/when Tenet doesn’t win?

  • pcch7

    I’m fuckin HYPED. Love the Junkies

  • Deven Science

    Wow, I ended up tuning out movies completely this year. I only saw three that showed up in any category. I’ll have to make the effort to get back into the fray next year.

  • Geographic Analomy

    God help the foolish souls who care challenge Frank’s dogma on this one

  • pcch7

    Had to give my vote for Best Movie to The Last Dance. Best content I saw by far

  • Beat_C

    really looking forward to this edition!
    i’m not sure about release dates and egibility (especially this year), but movies i watched this year and would have liked to see on FJ’s list:
    – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    – The Assistant
    – Dark Waters
    – Corpus Christi

  • colin the dude

    Voting for most of these categories, it’s like, “which film did I hate the LEAST.” That’s the one I pick. The worst year of our collective lives.

  • colin the dude

    For Biggest Disappointment, I wrote, “Frank’s Letterboxd Usage.”

  • Ben Bueno

    I haven’t seen any of the Action/Comic Book/Animated/Thriller. I guess I’ll force down a few of these to have a more educated opinion.
    So far the movie of the year for me is First Cow, but it’s interchangeable with Another Round, Bad Education, Sound of Metal and Beastie Boys Story. Year of the 4 stars.

  • LOL. I put The Burnt Orange Heresy. But now I realize I should’ve put “Tenet”. A) Because it’s true and B) It would make Frank melt.

  • That’s the top of my list too. Just wasn’t sure it counts as a movie (since it’s an eight-part series that was doled out over weeks). If that’s the case then The Queen’s Gambit would be up there too.

  • Best Costume Design: Anya Taylor-Joy in both EMMA and THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT.
    Best Sound Design: SOUND OF METAL

  • pcch7

    I figure Twin Peaks set the precedent, and it would also annoy Frank if it won. I did love The Queen’s Gambit as well

  • Sean

    I threatened Frank with putting The Last Dance on the Best Documentary list but it doesn’t really belong. It definitely feels comparable to O.J.: Made in America but the main difference is that the latter actually screened in theatres as one long feature.

  • pcch7

    Yeah that’s a good comparison, I think we could think of some arguments in it’s favor

  • pcch7

    Same, I’ve barely seen any new movies this year

  • Lori Cerny

    I fully agree with you, James!

  • Nobody

    The best action movie I saw this year had to be The Eight Hundred, which will likely end up being the highest-grossing movie of 2020 worldwide, unless WW84 does really well. A Chinese WWII movie isn’t going to appeal to many people outside of China, but it’s a very well-crafted, impressively-shot war movie.

    Driveways is a good 2020 release that deserves some more love. It features one of Brian Dennehy’s final performances, and he’s really great in it.

    I think there’s one way this movie year was actually stronger for me than usual – the expansion of virtual film festivals. Thanks to the fests going virtual and becoming available to a wider audience, I was able to catch movies I wouldn’t have seen otherwise.